Audio Management for Web Page Sound Conflict Resolution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing audio management methods intercept all automatically played web page audios, leading to user inconvenience as they need to manually manage and play each audio, causing sound conflicts and increased operational trouble.
Innovation Solution
An audio management method that determines the priority of automatically played web page audios and local system audios, allowing higher-priority audios to play while pausing lower-priority ones, and providing user prompts for active web page audio management options.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If all automatically played web page audios are intercepted, then sound conflicts are avoided, but user operation convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating between types of audios (WebRTC application audios vs. ordinary web page audios) and applying different management strategies to each. WebRTC audios are allowed to play automatically with high priority, while ordinary web page audios are intercepted or managed based on system state, thus avoiding blanket interception while resolving sound conflicts.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements self-service by automatically detecting the play state of local system audios and automatically managing web page audio playback based on detected system states (such as video playback state, music playback state). This automatic management resolves sound conflicts without requiring user intervention to manually control each audio.
2Adaptability or versatility
If priority-based audio management is implemented, then audio playback flexibility is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameter of audio priority by assigning different priority levels to different audio types (WebRTC audio gets high priority, ordinary web page audio gets low priority). This parameter change enables flexible audio playback management where the system can automatically decide which audio to play or intercept based on priority comparison, providing adaptability without requiring complex user configurations.
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AI summary
An audio management method and apparatus, which relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: when it is detected that there is a first web page audio to be automatically played, determining whether there is an audio being played and whether a priority of the first web page audio is lower than a priority of the audio being played; when yes, intercepting automatic play of the first web page audio; otherwise, playing the first web page audio. A priority of a first web page audio to be automatically played and a priority of a web page audio being played are compared to decide whether to play the first web page audio, so that the problem of a conflict between web page audios is solved, and a user is not required to perform operations one by one.